Using the TRANSIMS model, the researchers were able to analyze travel pattern changes as well as travel reliability.

This project demonstrated that TRANSIMS is a viable tool for traffic analysis of work zones," says Brian Gardner, leader of the transportation systems performance team in FHWA's Office of Planning and manager of FHWA's TRANSIMS program.

User-friendliness is a critical aspect of the TRANSIMS commercialization initiative," said Mike Bridges, who leads PricewaterhouseCoopers' team on the project.

The TRANSIMS software was developed using technology created for national security purposes.

PricewaterhouseCoopers will work with the Los Alamos laboratory to develop further the TRANSIMS user interface system and to package TRANSIMS software to create a version that is more readily usable by state and local planning agencies.

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